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The International Monetary Fund: Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Climate Risks for the Financial Sector

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Learn the key components of financial and monetary policies that can help manage physical and transition climate risks.

Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Climate Risks for the Financial Sector
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Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Climate Risks for the Financial Sector

About this course

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This online course, presented by the IMF's Institute for Capacity Development, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and Research Department, serves as the fifth in a six-part "Macroeconomics of Climate Change (MCCx)" series. In this offering, you will learn the key components of financial and monetary policies that can help manage physical and transition climate risks.

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  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills: Monetary Policies, Research, Capital Markets, Macroeconomics, Capacity Development

What you'll learn

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By the end of the course, you will be able to:

      • Identify the need for improving the availability of climate-change-related financial information and the three building blocks underpinning climate information architecture.
    • Explain latest developments in regulation and supervision of climate related financial risks and the theoretical basis for climate risk regulation shaping designs of regulatory and supervisory frameworks.
    • Describe the importance of assessing climate risks using stress testing frameworks and provide an overview of climate scenarios as well as climate risk analysis frameworks.
    • Describe the implications of climate change risks on central bank operations and how central banks can adjust their operations to mitigate financial sector risks stemming from climate change.

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